1987 Women's World Championship (snooker)
The 1987 Women's World Championship was a snooker tournament that took place in Puckpool. It was the 1987 edition of the World Women's Snooker Championship first held in 1976.
| Tournament information | |
|---|---|
| City | Puckpool |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Organisation(s) | World Ladies Billiards and Snooker Association |
| Format | Knockout |
| Total prize fund | £10,000 |
| Winner's share | £3,500 |
| Final | |
| Champion |  |
| Runner-up | |
| Score | 5–1 |
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Ann-Marie Farren won the competition, beating Stacey Hillyard 5–1 in the final.
Tournament summary
The event was sponsored by Warner who provided a total prize fund of £10,000, and the event was held at Warner's Puckpool holiday camp.[1][2]
Allison Fisher was the defending champion going in to the tournament and a strong favourite to win the title again, having not lost a competitive women's snooker match since the semi-final of the 1984 World Championship against Stacey Hillyard.[2] Hillyard had gone on to win the 1984 title, and was seeded fourth for 1987.[3] Hillyard was to beat Fisher in the semi-final again, recovering from 1–3 down to win 4–3 in a four-hour match.[4][2] In the other semi-final, second seed[2] Ann-Marie Farren whitewashed Mandy Fisher 4–0.
In the final, Farren took a 3–0 lead before Hillyard won a frame. Farren then took the next two frames to complete a 5–1 victory and claim the winner's prize of £3,500,[2] and the trophy, plus a double magnum of champagne that she was not old enough to drink, being only 16 years and 48 days old at the time.[5][6]
Knockout
Players listed in bold indicate match winner.[7] Seedings, where known, are bracketed after the players name.
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Final
| Final: Best-of-9 frames[2] Puckpool | ||||||
| Ann-Marie Farren |
5–1 | Stacey Hillyard | ||||
| Frame | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Ann-Marie Farren | 49 | 77 | 49 | 9 | 56 | 62 |
| Stacey Hillyard | 37 | 37 | 25 | 70 | 30 | 6 |
| Frames won (Farren first) | 1–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 3–1 | 4–1 | 5–1 |
| Ann-Marie Farren wins the 1987 Women's World Championship | ||||||
References
- Hale, Janice (1987). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1987–88. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 294–295. ISBN 0356146901.
- Acteson, Steve (16 October 1987). "Snooker: Farren wins world title after Fisher freezes". The Times. London – via NewsBank. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- "Snooker Star Shocker". Irish Independent. 16 October 1987. p. 13 – via The British Newspaper Archive. Retrieved 13 January 2020.
- Jones, Gaye (1988). Terry Smith (ed.). Benson and Hedges Snooker Year. Aylesbury: Pelham Books. pp. 152–155. ISBN 0720718309.
- Women’s World Snooker Championship – A Potted History Archived 21 July 2019 at the Wayback Machine Huart, Matt. Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 22 July 2019.
- World Champions Archived 18 August 2019 at the Wayback Machine Women's World Snooker. Retrieved 26 August 2019.
- Hale, Janice (1991). Rothmans Snooker Yearbook 1991–92. Aylesbury: Queen Anne Press. pp. 379–380. ISBN 0356197476.